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Palestinians who emerge from Israeli prisons often speak of the physical abuse, solitary confinement and terrible living conditions that they’ve endured. But is it even tougher for women?

US President Donald Trump's 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico have come into effect. Washington has also imposed an additional ten percent taxes of Chinese exports. Canada says it will hit back at the US with 25 percent tariffs of it's own, also coming into effect on Tuesday. China has responded to the tariffs placed on it by Washington with duties on US goods such as soybeans, wheat, corn and cotton.

A Knesset debate on forming an investigation committee into October 7 has been postponed after a fight broke out between security forces and bereaved families and relatives of captives in Gaza. The clashes broke out when dozens of the families were stopped by Knesset security when they attempted to enter the gallery to watch the debate. The families are demanding the establishment of a state commission into the events of October 7th.

After a disastrous trip to the US, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy was warmly received in London at a special summit. This was in contrast to the public dressing down he received from Donald Trump and his Vice President JD Vance in Washington, a day earlier. UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer assembled what he called a 'coalition of the willing', who've promised to keep backing Kyiv and present the US with a peace plan. But the group has been clear, that despite their unity, they still need the US on board. So, what will the Trump administration's warming ties with Moscow, and public scolding of Ukraine's leader, mean for a possible ceasefire and transatlantic ties?

Ramadan is peak season for watching Syrian TV dramas, a cherished tradition once stifled by censorship under Bashar al-Assad's regime. Writers, actors and directors were exiled, yet many still shaped popular series. As creatives return home, how will Syria’s TV and film industry evolve in a post-Assad era?

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will allocate £1.6 billion ($2bn) to supply Ukraine with 5,000 air defence missiles. Speaking at a news conference in London, Starmer said European leaders at the summit had agreed to maintain aid to Ukraine and sustain economic pressure on Russia. He also discussed the development of a so-called 'coalition of the willing' to defend Ukraine in the event of a peace deal with Russia. Starmer refused to label the United States an unreliable ally, emphasising that any peace plan for Ukraine would first go through Washington.

Palestinians in Gaza were supposed to enter the holy month of Ramadan, as the second phase of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas got underway. But Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government now wants to renegotiate the terms. Israel is pressuring Hamas to extend the first phase of the ceasefire, in exchange for releasing half of the remaining 59 captives. And it has again cut off aid and supplies to Gaza. Hamas is accusing Israel of carrying out a coup against the existing deal and is urging the international community to act. So can the ceasefire be salvaged?

A French filmmaker's promise to an Indigenous community in Panama is shattered when his documentary disappears. The Kuna people had opened their lives to be documented in 1975 but never knew that production had dried up and the film reels had been seized by a bank. For half a century, the community searched for the lost footage as its story became a legend passed down from elders to younger generations. Decades later, decaying reels are discovered in the Panamanian Ministry of Culture, and a hidden copy of the film resurfaces in Paris. As elders recount the filmmaking process, a new generation rises to reclaim their cultural narrative.

The world’s humanitarian system is overstretched, underfunded, and increasingly weaponised by politics. Tom Fletcher, the new United Nations humanitarian chief, warns that funding cuts, political games, and rising dangers for aid workers are crippling foreign aid. With crises escalating in Gaza, Sudan, and beyond, is the global community turning its back on those who need help most? Can relief efforts survive under these conditions? Fletcher lays out the challenges, the stakes, and what must change to prevent a humanitarian collapse.

Israel stops the entry of all humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip after the first phase of the ceasefire deal ended without agreement on continuing into a second phase. Earlier, Israel announced it would adopt a US-backed proposal for the extension of the ceasefire in Gaza throughout Ramadan and Passover, in exchange for the release of half of the remaining captives in the enclave. Hamas responded with demands to implement phase two of the initial deal to reach a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.